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http://awfullibrarybooks.net/ http://awfullibrarybooks.net/ is a blog edited by two librarians, showing books weeded by them or their readers. It's hard to arg
by akuchling 12y ago
http://awfullibrarybooks.net/ http://awfullibrarybooks.net/ is a blog edited by two librarians, showing books weeded by them or their readers. It's hard to argue against their choices: thirty-year-old romance novels? An autobiography by a 1980s football player? "Dress Like Liberace"? There are plenty of books that need to be thrown away.
- JasonFruit 12y agoNow imagine you're in 2140, reading that 1980s football player's autobiography: almost every page would contain something you never realized about the past. An etiquette book from 1832, for example, is far more valuable to us now than it was in 1852.
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- Houshalter 12y agoThere is certainly value in keeping some copies around for future historians. However not every local library needs to or can afford to, and they aren't of much value to the people who use the library.
- JasonFruit 12y agoThat's perfectly correct, and a sensible response. The comment I replied to, however, was simply saying that those books need to die, which is much less sensible.